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- Russian ballistic-missile strikes killed nine people and wounded 28 in Kyiv, including four children, Ukraine’s state emergency service said.
- The attack hit five Kyiv areas, damaging homes, vehicles and a five-storey residential building, while fires and rubble prompted rescue operations.
- Authorities reported seven deaths and 14 injuries in Darnytsky district, and two deaths and eight injuries in Solomiansky district.
- Saudi Arabia and 13 countries announced a coalition focused on navigation security in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
- The Saudi Defence Ministry said members will coordinate intelligence, operational planning, exercises and maritime missions, without specifying national ship or aircraft commitments.
- Delegates from 43 of 51 invited countries attended the founding meeting, which included a European Union delegation, the ministry reported.
- The Spanish government said Armed Forces personnel would support the Civil Guard and help maintain security in Ceuta.
- Officials reported nine deaths after migrants attempted to reach the enclave, including by swimming around the border fence.
- Ceuta President Juan Jesús Vivas said more than 1,500 migrants had arrived by sea in recent days, overwhelming facilities for unaccompanied minors.
- More than 1,500 migrants reached Ceuta by sea from Morocco during the past week, local authorities said.
- Many arrivals swam toward the enclave using wetsuits and inflatable devices, according to local authorities.
- Ceuta authorities said reception centres were overwhelmed and requested an emergency response from Madrid.
- The Berlin Pride attack has intensified scrutiny of juvenile-court decisions after Abdul Ballout was released weeks before the incident.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said he intends to examine possible changes to Germany’s juvenile criminal law.
- Germany’s Joint Counter-Terrorism Center had classified Ballout as dangerous, but that assessment did not reach the Berlin court before sentencing.
- Fifty-five UEFA associations unanimously backed a boycott of the World Cup and FIFA’s other competitions over its commercial plan.
- AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa said FIFA’s failure to consult the confederation before announcing the proposal was unacceptable.
- FIFA proposes a $20 billion subsidiary, FIFA Forward Enterprise, with outside investors holding a minority stake without control.
- The proposed company would separate FIFA’s commercial and event operations while FIFA retained majority control; FIFA says it could generate more than $10 billion for development.
- UEFA has called an emergency meeting of its 55 associations, while Asian and North American confederations have also raised concerns.
- FIFA’s 211 member associations must decide by September 19 whether to support the proposal, which also requires FIFA Council approval.
- Authorities reported at least 23 deaths following an explosion at an Aeon mall in Kumamoto, while the number of injured people was not immediately specified.
- Vehicle-mounted video captured the blast roughly half an hour after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit the area.
- Military units joined rescue crews searching the destroyed mall and nearby sites as officials worked to determine how many people remained missing.
- An unidentified object entered Polish airspace and crashed near Tarnawa-Kolonia; no casualties were reported.
- Officials reported deaths and injuries across Kryvyi Rih, Poltava, Lviv and Kyiv after overnight strikes.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies to provide anti-ballistic missiles, while the European Union condemned the attack.
- The fire service reported that three firefighters died on Wednesday during wildfire operations in Greece.
- Near Rethymno, crews included 156 firefighters, eight ground units, 33 engines, four helicopters and four aircraft.
- Strong winds accelerated the Rethymno fire and made it harder for ground crews to contain the blaze.
- The Canadian intern of Chinese origin appealed a Belgian order placing her in pretrial detention for one month, prosecutors said.
- She is accused of espionage for an unidentified third country and membership in a criminal organisation while working at SHAPE in Mons.
- The appeal was filed with Belgium’s Indictments Chamber, which must rule within 15 days, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.
- Fires in southwestern Crete forced villages in the Rethymno region and tourists near Agia Galini to evacuate.
- About 8,000 people were evacuated, Crete deputy governor Maria Lioni said.
- Three firefighters died while responding to separate blazes on Crete and mainland Greece.